Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the ...

This has given rise to the phenomenon of the "mascot bracket," in which the basketball agnostic in your life fills out their bracket based solely on mascot quality. If that's you, we are here to help.

In the case of Auburn coach Bruce Pearl, there was a brief stint as a mascot in the NCAA Tournament. As a student at Boston College, Pearl was a personal assistant to basketball coach Tom Davis in ...